A week ago I studied the casts of the two Three Stars Films productions (Wanted Sabata and Arriva Durango, paga o muori), with interesting results I’ll post in the respective threads - and Database pages - in the near future.
I would have liked to do with Seminò morte… lo chiamavano il castigo di Dio the same I did years ago with Corte Marziale, but as far as i know there is no DVD release and to this day the movie is not available on YouTube: in Mauri’s 1974 film for example there are about 10 additional scenes involving Karis, Craig Hill, Salvatore Billa and a handful of new actors; on the other hand Hunt Powers and José Torres, significantly uncredited, are only in recycled footage.
Among new performers in this one I see the name of Zara Cilli, mainly a photonovels actress (see below). What role is she playing?
Scherp, at this point I would add the words erroneously or mistakenly to note 1 in your excellent review:
“Some mistakenly think all scenes were recycled from the two other movies”
So the other actress should be Matilde Antonelli…
In Wanted Sabata and Durango Is Coming Harris’s girls were Elena Pedemonte and Gisela Hahn, in other words the Mormon girls of They Call Me Trinity. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes?
All three main actors have additional scenes (we need only to think of the ending) and the same goes for other two performers, master of arms Roberto Messina and Franco Pasquetto. If I remember rightly, also the brief scene in which Maretta Procaccini fixes Brad Harris’ neckerchief is not taken from Durango Is Coming.
Actresses Matilde Antonelli and Zara Cilli seem the only new entries, but no recycled footage for Pietro Fumelli too (in Wanted Sabata he played a completely different role).
I acquired the Dutch VHS eventually and decided to give it a watch. It’s a stupid movie with terrible dialogue but I have to admit that I kinda like it for what it is. It manages to entertain. I haven’t watched Durango, so everything felt new to me and I didn’t notice the stock footage. I’ll have to get around to the other film.
One of Mauris bottom flicks. So bad that it’s good. Brad Harris is the most incompetent Protagonist ever. Spirito Santo saves this movie a little bit. Bought it for the great cover art. My partner an me had a great night , laughing about the lack of logic in this movie.
It’s very interesting how much we are influenced by images and titles. If you mean this cover, it’s by P. Franco (Franco Picchioni) and, in my opinion, very appealing.
I only know that it was the official poster art work for promoting the movie. But I’m not sure about the origin of the idea. Imagination of the artist, I’ll guess.
I’m sure there is a scene in a Steffen movie where he is captured and had to walk with a cross on his back (or maybe it was just a wooden beam for his arms? I can remember too well)
Yeah, that’s it. They copied the artwork of Valdez. Without any logical reason. But is the scene in the movie ? I mean in this way exactly ? Or do we see Valdez only hanging on a cross ? (Haven’t seen Valdez yet)
